Oil-cait



A. E. IVIATTESON.

OIL CAN,

APPLICATION FILED OCT-12.1918.

1 97,506. latented June 24, 1919.

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w' mw ARTHUR E. MATTESON, or s'rooxroiv, CALIFORNIA.

oIL-oAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentecl June 24, 1919.

v Application filed October 12. 1918. Serial No. 257.834.

To all'whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. MATTE- SON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Stockton, in the county of San Joaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans; and I do declare the following to be a clear, full, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in oil cans particularly to the typeused for oiling pieces of machinery by hand and commonly known as a squirt can. The principal object of the invention is to provide an ordinary oil can of this type with a flexible bottom which will cause the oil in the can to be discharged from the nozzle no matter at what angle the can may be held.

With the present type of common can, unless the part to be oiled is on a lower level than the body of the can, no oil will issue from the nozzle. Even when the body of the can is considerably higher it is sometimes hard to oil the part desired, especially when the can is less than half full of oil, so that it collects below the level of the nozzle or spout when the can is tilted. The only way a person can utilize such a can in this case is by tilting it still farther, which is often impossible owing to the restricted space allowable for the insertion of the can.

With my improved can, however, any part may be easily and thoroughly oiled no mat ter at what angle to the can the part may be.

Furthermore, the oil may be used to the last drop, after which the can may be refilled by simply immersing the nozzle in the oil upply and pulling upon the flexible bottom.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effectlve for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects, I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of the parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

The figure on the drawing is a sectional elevation of my improved can.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the body of the can, which may be of a size and shape such as is commonly used, and which has the usual threaded neck 2, into which screws the lower end of a spout or nozzle 3 of any suitable length.

The body 1 is open at the bottom, but is provided with a convex bottom 4: of sub stantially the same size and shape as that portion of the body 1 above it. This bot tom is made of any suitable oil proof and flexible material and is preferably secured to the inside of the can by a metallic ring 5, the overturned edges of the bottom being squeezed between the ring and the body 1. This ring is secured to the body by solder or any other suitable means.

A ring 6 is centrally secured to the lower edge of the bottom 4:, so that when the bottom has been pressed up to empty the can, it can be readily pulled back again. This bottom will be so hung in the can that when full of oil, the ring 6 will just clear the bottom line of the body 1.

The method of using this will be self evident, and it will be seen that no matter at what angle the can is held, by merely pressing with the thumb against the flexible bottom, oil will be forced out of the nozzle 3 until the last drop of oil is used, or at least until only enough remains to merely fill the nozzle when the bottom at is pressed to its innermost limits.

Thus, from the foregoing description, it will readily be seen thatIhave produced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice, such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An oil can comprising a body, a nozzle, the body being open at the bottom, and a convex bottom of flexible material secured at the edges thereof to the inside of the body, the convex bottom being adapted to be pressed inwardly to lie evenly against the sides of the can when the oil is emptied therefrom.

2. A self filling oil can comprising a body open at its bottom edge, a nozzle, a bottom of flexible materi l ecured. a t edges thereof to the'inside of the body, the botum formed therein to draw the oil into the torn being adapted to be pressed inwardly can and fill the same. I 10 to lie against the sides of the can When the In testimony whereof I aflix my signature same is empty, and a finger ring central 01": in presence of two Witnesses.

the bottom on the outside thereof, whereby ARTHUR E. MATTESON. When the ooint of the nozzle is immersed in Witnesses:

a body of oil, the bottom may be pulled BERNARD PRIVAT,

away from the sides of the body and a vaeu- FRANK H. CARTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

